Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Virtual Classrooms in the EFL Classrooms


 
my Reflect on the live session we had with Peggy. Last week I had the class about "how does Arabic influence the Pronunciation of English?" with Ms. Peggy Tharpe . it was virtual classroom for 52 minuets and only 15 students and 2 teacher were presented. She talked about the difference between the sound system in Arabic and English language and suggest some solution for this problem.

 

     Virtual classroom is describing as an on-line education using Internet, where teacher and student are separated by time or space. Virtual classroom is an revolutionary change in ESL/EFL learning. For teacher is a new methodological resource where it can found a variety of material for teach ESL/EFL.

 

     There have advantages and disadvantages of virtual rooms in the language classroom. The advantage are Students develop their language and critical thinking skills. When assistance is needed, tutor/teacher are available like in a real classroom. Virtual class is accessible via Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days of week for student. With the help of modern technology, an ESL/EFL teacher can create his or her own virtual classroom. Students receive the content and communicate with the teacher via internet. Students do not have to go to the real class to learn.

     

       The disadvantage are The institution does not have enough economy resources in order to implement a virtual classroom. Lack of motivation from students and teachers in the use of technology for the teaching and learning process. Students do not have access to personal computer at home. Teachers do not have knowledge in how to manage technology resources.  

 

       At the end,  I  will consider the use of virtual classroom in the teaching  and learning ESL/EFL. I think  it create a different atmosphere in education program. Student will acquire knowledge and experiment a new way of learn using technological resources such as; studying a video, reading a textbook chapter, discussions of problems, solving exercises,    

 

 

 

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